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    Dell Inspiron 1520 Question. please help

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bashar20, Nov 14, 2007.

  1. bashar20

    bashar20 Notebook Enthusiast

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    G’day am considering buying the Dell Inspiron 1520 which comes with Windows Vista Premium preinstalled.

    I want to know if I will be able to:
    1. Dual boot with Windows XP.
    2. In case anything goes wrong and I decided to format the XP and Vista Partitions. Can I reinstall media direct, windows xp then windows vista (oem)
    3. will the FN keys work in both of windows XP and Vista (as per my knowledge there are different BIOS updates for XP and Vista)

    Kindly guide me to resources that guides in this process.
     
    bashar20, Nov 14, 2007
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  2. B2TheEYo

    B2TheEYo Notebook Deity

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    1. yes, any computer can, just Google 'dual boots xp and vista', you'll get 100's of tutorials.
    2. Yup comes with everything on disk and can be downloaded from Dells site.
    3. Yea, it works in XP and Vista.
     
    B2TheEYo, Nov 14, 2007
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  3. bashar20

    bashar20 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Since you own a 1520. hows is the fan noise and heat ? kindly advice ?
    am between getting the dell 1520 or the toshiba a200
     
    bashar20, Nov 14, 2007
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    Heat is very minimal, and the fan is only noticeable when doing graphic intensive work or playing games.
     
    crash, Nov 14, 2007
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